One day, walky will be very thankful for her years of learning to master handling giant pulsating guns. You know…cuz she saves his life with them. For bedroom stuff she calls upon her master of tiny pulsating batteries.

I don’t know why, but I almost prefer this art to the newer stuff in Dumbing of Age and/or Shortpacked. The composition is really cool, (I always feel like a comic-book style page allows for more fun creative room than a strip,) and the minimalist background and silhouettes, while possibly just a trick to save time drawing, add a nice stylistic flair. The art has definitely gotten *better* in DoA and the newer Shortpacked, I just prefer this stuff for whatever reason.

Joyce & Walky’s faces have different proportions & the whites of Joyce’s eyes are not clearly defined, which makes a lot of difference. They’re adorable in a whole different way than their DoA counterparts.

Man, I just hope Jason becomes less of an asshole. I thought he was going for suave, but I find him lacking in that department.

Something I just realized: Joyce is the only character drawn with the blank-white eye circles. Literally everyone else so far has been drawn with the black dot/white highlight style. Only Joyce, the mind-wiped and completely innocent/oblivious character has the white, blank stare.

There it is….THE TRIANGLE SMIILE….
I also like this style of art. (and doa’s also).

Makes me kind of wonder though, if this Joyce is entirely unaware of the innuendo. She’s a member of a mostly male organization, and she’s never picked up on any of it? Hard to believe, and this Joyce seems to be a bit sharper, just younger.

I’m with Walky on the “what virus?” question. I thought their passing out was due to brainwashing, like a hypnotic trick set to go off at midnight.

And I’ve always wondered why Joyce out of all of them got a jetpack, even though she’s the least experienced and combat-ready. Is it because only her DNA is jetpack-compatible for some reason? Or is it because they thought she was the most in need of something that could let her run away?

Jetpack is kind of part of her abductee superpowers. HA told kids that normal unaided flight is one of rare things he can not give them, but I guess she wanted it verry verry much. Thus jetpack. Also yes, she is a math wiz.

The ‘virus’ is either an inaccurate assumption or a fabricated cover story. There isn’t a real virus on the loose.

As for the jetpack, Joyce isn’t the only one who uses one– she’s just the only one we see with one, 99% of the time. Presumably it’s calibrated to her brainwave signature and operated via mental controls based on reverse-engineered telekinetic Alien tech.